Assessment of aquatic invertebrates

Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats A Practical Guide and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 63-72

  Chadd, Richard ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; community analysis; index systems; survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867465172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9278-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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